It Became a Symbol of the Bronze Age - Chapter 348



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Episode 348. Unprepared War (1)

The chieftains remembered Asadal.

No, I was with Asadal.

“The Asadal I saw was honorable.”

I saw the honor they showed each other.

“In the first place, this floor was given to you by you. Nowadays, when the elders of the tribe grow old and cannot ride a cart, they all gather in the place Asadal built and spend the rest of their lives supporting each other on their backs.”

He was respected by Asadal.

“My country has never been kind to us. They still call us Rongjik and treat us like barbarians.

But you are different. When you talk to us, you use our language, and we have given you Asadal script that can contain our words.

But they only speak the language of the Central Plains, as if we should know it for granted. Their gold script is so crooked and thick that it is almost impossible to read.”

And they were part of their culture.

“Gyehyeon is a land that is tempting to us, but it is not worth betraying everything we have received from you. How could I side with them and not with Asadal, whom I have built trust with? It would be foolish to trust a strange man with gold instead of a long-time friend.”

I built up loyalty.

“Since our grandfather’s grandfather’s time, we have walked the grasslands. And now, to abandon this long tradition for the sake of farmland? This is ridiculous. I was born and raised in front of Seongsan, and I will die in front of Seongsan.”

Some even discussed the way of life.

“Asadal is our brother. Asadal believes in the same god as we do, and respects the sacred mountain and lake. We are ready to repay your respect.”

They also talked about religious commonalities.

like that.

They shout out dozens of reasons.

He raised dozens of daggers.

Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!

Soon, dozens of daggers stabbed his thighs.

Blood flowed out from there, and the blood that flowed out was collected in Mayuju’s wine glass.

Guan Yi bowed his head before him.

“This is the most valuable alcohol in the world.”

“It is the only thing we can give, it is everything.”

“thank you.”

Without batting an eye, Guan Yu accepted and drank the horse milk wine, which the Central Plains people often disparaged as a “barbarian’s drink of the utmost corruption.”

***

So, I returned after receiving their promise to bring the army by spring.

And they gathered an army.

So, the reason the chieftains gathered when Binsumu arrived was not to ‘listen to his words’, but to gather the army.

But anyway, I had to say what I had to say.

“I will give you a quotation.”

“If you give me Gyehyeon, we’ll have to fight among ourselves?”

“Oh, I might not fight…”

“Does that make sense? You guys, didn’t you say that knowingly? Throwing rotten meat to make tigers and wolves fight… what is that? Ihotanrangjigye? I think that’s what Gwan-o said.”

To this another chieftain replied:

“It’s the Guhotanrangji system. It’s mixed with the Iho Gyeongsikji system.”

“What, how are you so smart?”

“Ah, my son was invited to Asadal and received education. He is now an official there.”

“You’re not a bureaucrat, are you?”

“I didn’t want to be inferior to my son, so I learned some letters here and there. Hehe, when a child develops, the parents also develop.”

“I guess I should send someone to Asadal too. Hmm, the name there is…”

“I’m empty-handed.”

“Did Binsumu Gong attend Asadal School?”

“…I am from my own country, why am I going there?”

“Hmm, they say that if you go there you become smarter. Is there a school in Jungwon too?”

As a person of humble origin, I have nothing to say. Before the birth of Confucius, the concept of a ‘school’ did not exist in the Central Plains. Education was more of a family business.

“…Anyway! Everyone, Gyehyeon is a really good place! Wouldn’t it be better for you to settle down here and live there rather than just wandering around and talking?”

“and.”

The chieftains became serious at those words.

“Are you talking?”

At that point, Binsumu realized his mistake.

“That, that…”

“What Guan Yi said is exactly right. Those guys are ignoring us.”

Of course, the nomads’ greed for land is not completely non-existent.

But things are not good right now.

If another nomadic tribesman were to say, “Let’s fight for the land!”, someone might agree, thinking, “I guess so.”

However, it is a completely different case for a foreigner to say, “Isn’t farming better than riding a horse?” Think about the difference between a Korean saying, “I want to immigrate,” and a foreigner saying, “Korea sucks. Why don’t you immigrate?”

Besides, there are not only chieftains here. There are also old women who have lived their whole lives on the plains. To talk about gossip in front of them is like insulting life itself.

“Who are you?”

“Oh, no… that’s not what I meant!”

Binsumu protested, but the water was already spilled.

“Do you think we live off of raising horses because we don’t have land to farm? We like it!”

This statement is also not false.

The original system is something that needs to be X to change.

But these don’t really have anything like X.

There is plenty of gold and silver, and the grasslands are peaceful.

If you run out of grain, you can buy it from Asadal, and if that’s not enough, you can just hit the Jin and Qin and get some.

In the first place, if you want to farm, you can do it.

Because Asadal always welcomes the migration of grassland people to the empty lands of Yeosu and the Korean Peninsula.

Of course, if Binsumu had come before Guan Yi and tried to fool them with flowery words, then that would have been different.

It’s hard to refuse when someone offers you something when you don’t have enough time to think.

However, Guan-O had already arrived two weeks ago, and the chieftains had begun to think, ‘Is it really necessary to abandon all traditions and farm while fighting forever?’

In the meantime, Binsumu’s remarks disparaging the nomads broke out, so the chieftains’ moods were bound to become quite uncomfortable.

Binsumu shouted.

“Do you trust Asadal? They are an alien force!”

“Are you different? If I give you Gyehyeon, you won’t leave him alone for a thousand years, right?”

Ultimately, the issue is trust.

My country has no trust in the northern people.

Asadal has so far scattered a great deal of silver and gold to the north, which can be read as ‘trust’, but my country has never done anything like that.

Even if you come here now and bring in the Bari Bari Gyehyun, the people of the plains will feel like, ‘Who are you trying to buy with money?’

Besides, it wasn’t ‘too much money to refuse’, and Binsumu’s nonsense was just too much.

“Even if we take over Gyehyeon, if all the people there are like you, they won’t listen to us. That’s also what Gwan-o said.”

“That, that…”

“Do we look like fools? Forsaking the land? But our land is not easy. The number of merchants passing through here is no less than the number of your proud carts. Don’t believe me. You will see.”

The chieftains said.

“Guest, please go back. Next time I see you, you will be my enemy. I hope to see you on the battlefield.”

Usually, they say, ‘I hope we don’t meet on the battlefield,’ but the chieftains, whose hearts were so wounded that they couldn’t stand each other, looked forward to meeting Binsumu on the battlefield.

This is a true diplomatic disaster.

***

This news soon reached Asadal.

I couldn’t hold back my laughter.

“Oh my god, you went to recruit nomads and called them uncivilized?”

Even in all the history I know, it’s hard to find a diplomatic discourtesy of this level.

Like Khwarazm, who attacked the Mongol envoy as soon as they saw him, took all his money, and sent him back with his beard shaved.

Is it like the Xin Dynasty that changed the name of the Xiongnu Chanyu, who was the head of the Xiongnu, to ‘Hangnu Bokyu’ and then got his head blown off?

Oh, now that I think about it, there are a lot.

Should this also be considered a recurrence of history?

“This is ridiculous, really.”

Of course, this is not a mistake made because the central government is stupid.

Rather than just saying it’s Binsumu’s fault, it’s better to see it as the average mindset of the current Joongwon.

They naturally thought that if they said, “Ah, this is farming. This is something you can do in Gyehyeon,” the nomads would rush in shouting, “Kwaaak! Loyalty, loyalty!”

It’s said that he acted like a reincarnated person… If you think about it, even I, a true reincarnated person, wouldn’t do something like that, it’s quite a grotesque sight.

‘I’m caught up in ethnocentrism.’

The origin of that ‘Ahhh – this is’ joke isn’t the reincarnation light novel, but self-centered culture. I think that what I’m doing is the best, and if others don’t do what I’m doing, it’s not because ‘I don’t need it’, but because ‘I don’t have it’… That kind of thing.

If this goes on, it will become ‘other people’s trash’.

But that doesn’t mean my country is completely stuck in ethnocentrism… no.

During the Warring States Period, the state of Zhao almost broke out in rebellion simply by absorbing the technology of the grassland people, saying, “How dare you take what is not ours, the barbarians!”

When the Xin Dynasty saw Goguryeo and the Xiongnu, they shouted, “In front of whom are you saying Goguryeo? Say Goguryeo. Say the Xiongnu Chanyu? How about the Xiongnu Fuyou? Surrender!” and ended up having to face the two-front battles of Goguryeo and the Xiongnu.

Compared to this, my country is a noble family.

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To begin with, they are a group that embraces the culture of the inner world to a great extent. If we are to say that they embrace it, it would be sad to say that they are second in the Central Plains.

so.

-How can a messenger ignore nomads like that? My country is full of crazy fools!

No.

-The messenger didn’t openly laugh at you and then tell you to kneel, but ‘accidentally’ insulted you? Your country is tolerant of barbarians!

That’s what you have to think.

When I think about it this way, a certain monarch suddenly comes to mind.

‘How about after the change of government… You formed a united front with Sanyong, who you had been fighting with just a few years ago?’

In terms of real tolerance, isn’t it tier 1 in the central region?

Perhaps, later generations of Yeonhwan-hu might hear the following evaluation: ‘If only we hadn’t done that damn Samseoksan Mountain…’

‘Now… is the organization almost finished?’

The problem of manpower was solved by cash-strapping, and the internal dissidents were solved by donating all of Guan Yi’s assets… and even the grassland people who were a threat to the rear were recruited.

There was nothing to be hesitant about anymore.

***

Time passed like that.

The 10th anniversary of Barang has come to an end.

And today is the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice.

“It’s January 1st according to the Asad calendar.”

In the 21st century, when the Gregorian calendar is used, January 1st falls about 10 days after the winter solstice, but the Asad calendar simply sets the winter solstice as January 1st.

On this day, a festival is held throughout Asadal to celebrate the new year. This festival is usually hosted by the president himself. And for Barang, who is now in his tenth year, this is almost like the last day.

“You’re finally coming down.”

“That’s true.”

Barangi chuckled.

“Now this is the end. Tomorrow, Guan Yi will take his place as the new president.”

“That guy, the elected official, went to the North without permission… What if he died? Wouldn’t it have been better to send Agol instead?”

“Well, it was something that Gwan-o needed to do as well.”

Barang said.

“This time, with the success of receiving reinforcements from the north, there is no longer anyone who doubts Guan Wu. Even if you think so, it is something you cannot say out loud.”

“That may be true, but… doesn’t it feel like you’re risking your life?”

“Well, isn’t that something someone who has been to my country should be saying? Compared to my country, the grasslands are incredibly safe.”

Maybe he learned something from me.

“I guess I should go there soon.”

“Is it time to light a fire?”

“That’s right. Even though it’s the last day, you’re incredibly busy. Besides, you won’t be able to rest after this is over, right?”

“of course.”

Asadal’s attack on my country would probably be around March or April. Targeting the sowing season is Asadal’s specialty, as it mainly relies on a standing army.

That means that war broke out just three months after Baran left office, so of course Baran couldn’t just sit back and do whatever he wanted.

“What did they give you for the seat?”

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of ‘Barang’ is the Minister of Finance, but that’s out of the question. It’s hard for a former president to be a bureaucrat.

If you do that, your family tree will get seriously tangled up.

If my former superior were my subordinate now, would the group be running smoothly?

That is why former presidents often go down to the provinces rather than the central government to serve as security officials.

It was the same with Barang.

“I think I’ll go to the stability center on the Odobu side.”

“Odobura.”

Odobu is one of the most dangerous points in the archipelago, where the power of the ring is strong.

It seems that Barang is planning to take office as the local security officer and try to solidify discipline in the archipelago during the war.

“Besides, the silver, sulfur, and pitch that come from there are all strategic resources… so they will be greatly needed in the war.”

“I guess so. What’s the situation on the islands side?”

“Gori, as expected, it looks like Asadal is going to go to war, so he’s slowly trying to gather his forces.”

“…I haven’t heard any such news?”

“Because I couldn’t collect them.”

Barang laughed.

I asked.

“Hmm, after all, Gori is a clan of the chieftains, right? It’s impossible for them to have no power at all, right?”

“He is treated like a completely abandoned child. The tribes of Gumaso consider him a disgrace.”

So, Gori is currently Prince Yangnyeong. He has no money or power other than his family. Half of it is done by people like Prince Suyang who have some popularity and power, but Prince Yangnyeong can’t do that.

“Besides, since we saw the Nalseondali not long ago, even the handful of remaining forces have been wiped out. Now, it seems like he has no intention of confronting Asadal and has locked himself in his room again. Well, he should just drink his favorite Hongikju and spend the rest of his life with his concubine and Namjong.”

Even though he was a great general during his time as a general, I never thought he could be this bad.

“If only he hadn’t had that crazy dream of being the ‘King of the South Island,’ things wouldn’t have turned out like this.”

“It’s a shame, but what can you do? Some dreams can help people move forward, but dreams that are dreamed without thinking can ruin people.”

“That’s right.”

I nodded to Barang’s words.

I asked out of curiosity.

“Is Asadal’s conquest of my country a ‘possible dream’ or a ‘thoughtless dream’?”

To this Baran replied:

“I don’t know.”

“yes?”

“But one thing is certain. Gori dreamed alone, but this dream is a dream that everyone in Asadal dreamed together.”

“It’s not really… comforting.”

“I didn’t mean to comfort you.”

Barangi made a noise that no one understood.

“Right now, both Asadal and Jeonara are dreaming. And when this war is over, some will say that one side’s dream was a vain dream, and the other side’s goal was well-founded.”

“I guess so.”

“But we know that both of us have prepared ourselves, and both of us have our own vulnerabilities.”

“…What do you want to say?”

“Not everything that is said has to lead to a conclusion.”

“There must be an intention, right?”

“Not every word has to have an intention.”

Seeing him talking like a monk would, it seems like he’s been practicing Taoism somewhere.

“Anyway, that’s what it is. And, speaking of rings, Prince Qing, Kang So-baek, comes to mind.”

“Are you trying to say that Kang So-baek is also ruined?”

“No. That can’t be. Gori’s dream was absurd no matter how you looked at it, but Kang So-baek is different.”

“yes.”

Kang So-baek seized the throne through a rebellion and immediately restored the tottering state of Jin.

Needless to say, the citizens cheered.

In addition, in the history of Yuan, Duke Yang of Qi and Gongsun Wuji had to ruin the state of Qi for ten years, but in this history, the rebellion of Jiang Xiaobai happened quite quickly. These two only ruled for half of that time.

Since a tyrant of ten years has been reduced to a tyrant of five years, the national power of my country has inevitably become stronger.

It doesn’t end there.

Kang So-baek led numerous battles to victory by introducing cavalry.

He took over the capital of Yan, took away all of Lu’s territory north of Mount Tai, and completely destroyed the Song Dynasty, which was a puppet state.

At this level, it is practically Alexander or Napoleon from Jungwon Mountain.

They are also quite similar in that they are not satisfied with being the ruler of one country and want to expand their influence in all directions.

Of course, the current Asadal dismisses Kang So-baek’s challenge for the throne as ‘the nonsense of a ruined Kang So-baek.’

That way, there is a justification.

But I don’t really think so.

“Honestly, Kang So-baek is worthy of it.”

Right now, my country literally occupies half of North China, and its momentum is also extremely strong. By now, its population must easily be 5 million.

To be honest, even if we had gunpowder and all that stuff, it wouldn’t be easy to go up against our country and win.

therefore.

If we fight one-on-one, that is.

“Now, I think we can do it too.”

“That’s right. And… it seems like Agol was successful too.”

As he spoke, Baran turned his gaze behind me.

As I naturally turned my gaze, a rather interesting sight was unfolding there.

“Poyu. If you deploy the army like that…”

“Father, are you out?”

“No, does that matter now? My country’s main force is tanks, so if you deploy your army the way you did and your logistics are attacked…”

Beside his son who was doing nothing, Posuk was diligently training him. In the meantime, the military secrets of his country naturally leaked out.

“As expected, it’s Agol.”

“No doubt about it.”

It seems that Asadal’s Dr. Oh Agol has once again succeeded in evolving the Jinara Mountain Goldfinch into Asadal’s Blackfinch.

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